Recent content by jeffrimerman

That's what I thought. The rubber under the older rubber is probably fresher also as you wear them down. I imagine 10 year old tires would be an issue but 3 year old tires that were in storage a couple years before that shouldn't be. My tires actually feel grippy. I actually sold the bike...

I bought mine new in Feb 2015 but realized they are 2012 and 2013 so one for sure is 2 years plus and the other probably 1.5 years to 2 years old. I never even knew to check the DOT date. From now on I'll check that before they install them.

I googled but there wasn't much in regards to factory to tire shop but I did see people discussing how to store tires. I'm thinking that's how tires are stored before install, wrapped in plastic to just about eliminate degassing/outgassing. I was more interested in if people noticed their new...

A tire shop was trying to say my tires need changing because the year stamp on one was 2012 and the other was 2013 but I got them installed in 2015. I would think tires get manufactured and stored then the slow boat to the USA, sitting in a warehouse, then purchased by tire places could be a...

HI everyone, I just bought a 2006 fz1. I need to revive it a lil. It was in someones back yard for a few months so aside from needing a major cleaning the left side of the gas tank has a dent. It's not a sharp dent. It looks like a blunt dent that might pop back out but I've never done...